a help to a young friend on entering upon college life. The precepts and counsels which make the groundwork of such a guide are diversified very agreeably, and their value more than doubled, by giving the real history of a college class. That of 1832 at Harvard, to which the writer belonged, contained so many men so variously and highly gifted, who have stood since in so many posts of honor and responsibility, that this record has a certain public interest and value, apart from the personal memories it conveys. It was well introduced to the academic world by Osgood's oration before the Alumni last summer. 1. A.

DR. LAMSON'S Farewell Sermon to his Congregation at Dedham deserves more notice than the bare record of its title. With no parade of feeling, but with all tenderness of emotion constantly implied, with clear and finely-stated thought, carrying in every sentence the weight of long experience and tried fidelity, — with rare felicity of language, combining melody, simplicity, and transparent clearness of expression with precise and vigorous statement, it is more than a mere occasional discourse; it is a manual of clerical duty and pastoral wisdom, valuable to any candidate for that high office. We trust that the long course of honored service which it records is yet far from its termination.

THE great abundance and the pictorial beauty of the juvenile publications, whose titles crowd our list, make it impossible to speak of all as they deserve, and hard to discriminate. Comparison would be invidious and unjust between New York and Boston publishers, or among the friendly rivalries of so many houses. A small volume of selections, called "Pictures and Flowers," has given us, individually, most pleasure. But constantly our eye has been attracted, and our heart charmed and won, as these many series, with their fair typography and tasteful embellishments, have passed through our hands on their pleasant mission amongst the young. We invite the careful attention of all parents and friends of the young to our list under this caption, which we believe to be at once choice and full.

NOTE TO ART. I.

THE publication of "Mr. Alger's History" has, we understand, been delayed. The review of it which appears in this number of the Examiner (Art. I.) was prepared from advanced sheets, and under the expectation that the work would make its appearance on or before the first of January.

NOTE TO ART. VI. IN THE NOVEMBER NUMBER.

ON page 445 of the article on "The World's Need of Woman," in the last number of the Examiner, a statement was given, on the authority of the Chief of Police, to the effect that certain specified abuses

do not exist in the present municipal system of Boston. Our attention has been called to facts resting on what we consider to be unimpeachable authority, showing that the exception there made was undeserved, - at least in the unqualified way it is stated. These facts prove very conclusively the need of some measure similar to that urged in the article, to protect women, especially young girls under arrest, from the indignities and injuries to which they are peculiarly exposed, in Boston as well as elsewhere. The measure advocated is, that certain departments of jails and houses of detention should be under the charge of women-superintendents. We do not consider this journal to be a suitable medium to argue questions of controverted fact in regard to the detail of civil administration. But we earnestly hope that public attention may be drawn to the matter, and that the suggestions of our correspondent may have the weight to which we think them justly entitled.

NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

THEOLOGY AND RELIGION.

Logic in Theology, and other Essays. By Isaac Taylor. With a Sketch of the Life of the Author and a Catalogue of his Writings. New York: William Gowans. 12mo. pp. 297.

Methodism Successful, and the Internal Causes of its Success. By Rev. B. F. Tefft. With a Letter of Introduction, by Bishop Janes. New York: Derby and Jackson. 12mo. pp. 588.

Hints on the Formation of Religious Opinions, addressed especially to Young Men and Women of Christian Education. By Rev. Ray Palmer. New York: Sheldon & Co. 12mo. pp. 324.

Hymns and Choirs; or, The Matter and Manner of the Service of Song in the House of the Lord. By Austin Phelps and Edwards A. Park, Professors at Andover, and Daniel L. Furber, Pastor at Newton. Andover: Warren F. Draper. 12mo. pp. 425.

Quiet Thoughts for Quiet Hours. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co. 18mo. pp. 268.

Sermons preached in Westminster Abbey. By Richard Chenevix Trench. New York: W. J. Widdleton. 12mo. pp. 368.

The Pulpit of the American Revolution; or, The Political Sermons of the Period of 1776. With a Historical Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations. By John Wingate Thornton. Boston: Gould and Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 537. (See p. 147.)

Selections from the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, for Families and Schools. By Rev. D. G. Haskins. (With Devotional Exercises.) Boston E. P. Dutton & Co. 12mo. pp. 401, 36.

Intercessory Prayer, its Duties and Effects. By G. W. Mylne. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 32mo. pp. 160.

The Scriptural Terms of Admission to the Lord's Supper. By A. N. Ar nold. Boston: Gould and Lincoln. 24mo. pp. 121.

ESSAYS, ETC.

Education; Intellectual, Moral, and Physical. By Herbert Spencer. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 283.

Considerations on some of the Elements and Conditions of Social Welfare and Human Progress. Being Academic and Occasional Discourses, and other Pieces. By C. S. Henry, D. D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 415.

Guesses at Truth. By Two Brothers. From the Fifth London Edition. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 12mo. pp. 555.

The Recreations of a Country Parson. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 442. (See p. 155.)

The Four Georges. Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life. By W. M. Thackeray. With Illustrations. New York: Harper and Brothers. 12mo. pp. 241.

The Laws of Race, as connected with Slavery. Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard. 8vo. pp. 70.

The Conduct of Life. By R. W. Emerson. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 12mo. pp. 288.

The Romance of Natural History. By Philip Henry Gosse. With Elegant Illustrations. Boston: Gould and Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 372.

A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor;" or, A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M. D., late of Berlin, Prussia. Edited by Caroline H. Dall. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 18mo. pp. 167.

Optimism the Lesson of Ages. By Benjamin Blood. Boston: Bela Marsh. 12mo. pp. 132.

The Works of Francis Bacon. Vol. XIII. Boston: Brown and Taggard. The Duties of Human Life. Translated from a Sanscrit Manuscript. Edited by Joshua Perkins. New York: James Miller. 12mo. pp. 128.

Student Life; Letters and Recollections for a Young Friend. By Samuel Osgood. New York: James Miller. 12mo. pp. 164. (See p. 162.)

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character. By E. B. Ramsay, Dean of Edinburgh. From the Seventh Edinburgh Edition. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 12mo. (To be noticed.)

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

Life and Correspondence of Major-General John A. Quitman. By J. F. H. Claiborne. New York: Harper and Brothers. 2 vols. 12mo. pp. 400, 392. The Heroes of Europe; a Biographical Outline of European History from A. D. 700 to A. D. 1700. By Henry G. Hewlett. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 12mo. pp. 370.

History of Latin Christianity, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. By Henry Hart Milman, D. D. In Eight Volumes. Vol. II. New York: Sheldon & Co. 12mo. pp. 551. Life of Andrew Jackson. By James Parton.

12mo. 3 vols. pp. 636, 672, 734.

New York: Mason Brothers.

The Monarchies of Continental Europe. Italy, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. By J. S. C. Abbott. New York: Mason Brothers. 12mo. pp. 587.

American History. By Jacob Abbott. 3. The Southern Colonies. New York: Sheldon & Co. 24mo. pp. 286.

NOVELS AND TALES.

Harrington; a Story of True Love. Boston: Thayer and Eldridge. pp. 556.

12mo.

May Coverley, the Young Dressmaker. Boston J. E. Tilton & Co. pp. 258.

16mo.

Constance and Edith; or, Incidents of Home Life. By a Clergyman's Wife. With Illustrations. New York: Thomson Brothers. 16mo. pp. 304.

Evan Harrington; or, He would be a Gentleman. By George Meredith. New York: Harper and Brothers. 12mo. pp. 491.

Lake-House. By Fanny Lewald. Translated by Nathaniel Greene. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 304.

Hopes and Fears; or, Scenes from the Life of a Spinster. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe," etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 2 vols. 12mo. pp. 376, 347.

Tom Brown at Oxford; Boston Ticknor and Fields. The Chapel of St. Mary. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co. Struggle for Life. By the Walker, Wise, & Co.

a Sequel to School-Days at Rugby. Part I. 16mo. pp. 378.

By the Author of "The Rectory of Moreland." 12mo. pp. 396.

Author of "Seven Stormy Sundays." Boston: 12mo. pp. 311.

POETRY.

Home Ballads and Poems. By John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 207.

Concord Fight. By S. R. Bartlett. Boston: A. Williams & Co. 12mo.

pp. 32.

The Poems, Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis. (Blue and Gold.)

Poems. By Frances S. Osgood. New York: Clark, Austin, and Maynard. (Blue and Gold.)

Faithful Forever. By Coventry Patmore. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 240.

Poems. By Rose Terry. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 281. Hymns of the Ages. Second Series. Being Selections from Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Habington, and other Sources. Boston Ticknor and Fields. 12mo. pp. 336. (See p. 161.)

Lyra Germanica; Hymns for the Sundays and Chief Festivals of the Christian Year. Translated from the German, by Catherine Winkworth. New York: James Miller. (See p. 161.)

Kormak; an Icelandic Romance of the Tenth Century. In Six Cantos. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 12mo. pp. 118.

Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets, topically arranged; comprising Choice Selections from Six Hundred Authors. Compiled by Rev. William Rice. New York: Carlton and Porter. 8vo. pp. 338.

Hymns for Mothers and Children. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 12mo. pp. 287. (See p. 162.)

Poems, Sacred and Secular, by the Rev. William Croswell, D. D. Edited, with a Memoir, by A. Cleveland Coxe. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 24mo. pp. 284.

CLASSICS AND EDUCATION.

1. Latin Dictionary. In Two Parts. 1. Latin English; 2. English Latin. By J. R. Beard, D. D., and C. Beard, B. A. pp. 896.

2. Lessons in Latin; being an Elementary Grammar of the Latin Language, with Numerous Exercises. By Rev. J. R. Beard, D. D.

3. Lessons in Greek; including a Grammar of the Language, with Numer

ous Exercises. By Rev. J. R. Beard, D. D.

4. Cassell's Lessons in English, containing a Practical Grammar. By J. R. Beard, D. D.- London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin.

Papers for the Teacher. From Barnard's Journal of Education. Series I., II. 8vo.

Object Teaching and Oral Lessons on Social Science and Common Things. (Barnard's Journal of Education.) New York: Brownell. 8vo. pp. 434. An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language. A New Edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo. pp. 400; and

A Primary Dictionary of the English Language. 18mo. pp. 384. By J. E. Worcester, LL. D. Boston: Swan, Brewer, and Tileston.

TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.

Paul Blake; or, The Story of a Boy's Perils in the Islands of Corsica and Monte Cristo. By Alfred Elwes. Illustrations. New York: Thomson Brothers. 16mo. pp. 383.

Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. kinson. With a Map and numerous Illustrations. Brothers. 8vo. pp. 448. (See p. 159.)

Amoor, and the Russian
By Thomas Wittam At-
New York: Harper and

Ninety Days' Worth of Europe. By Edward E. Hale. Wise, & Co. 12mo. pp. 224. (See p. 160.)

Bruin; the Grand Bear Hunt. By Capt. Mayne Reid. and Fields. 18mo. pp. 371.

JUVENILE.

Boston: Walker,

Boston: Ticknor

Dickens's Little Folks. Illustrated by Darley. 1. Little Nell.

2. Smike. 3. The Child Wife. 4. Oliver Twist and the Jew Fagin. 5. Florence Dombey. 6. Little Paul. 7. The Boy Joe and Sam Weller. 8. Sissy Jupe. 9. The Two Daughters. 10. Tiny Tim and Dot, and the Fairy Cricket. 11. Dame Durden. 12. Dolly Varden. New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard, & Co. 18mo.

The Big Nightcap Letters. Being the Fifth Book of the Series. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 182.

The Pilgrim's Progress for the Young. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. pp. 158.

Life and Travels of Thomas Thumb in the United States, England, France, and Belgium. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. pp. 144.

The Young American's Picture-Gallery. With 70 Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. 4to. pp. 150.

New Fairy Stories for my Grandchildren. By George Keil. Translated by S. W. Lander. New York: D. Appleton & Co. pp. 84. The Oakland Stories. Claiborne. By George B. Taylor. Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 180.

New York:

The Florence Stories. By Jacob Abbott. Excursion to the Orkney Islands. New York: Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 252.

Where there's a Will there's a Way. By Alice B. Haven. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 18mo. pp. 218.

Grimms' Popular Tales and Household Stories. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee, & Co. 12mo. First and Second Series. pp. 456, 430.

Pictures and Flowers for Child-Lovers. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 18mo. pp. 211.

The Summer-House Series. Older than Adam; The Martin and Nelly Stories; Nelly's First School-Days. Boston: Brown and Taggard. 18mo. Winnie and Walter Books. 1. Christmas Stories. 2. Story-Telling at Thanksgiving. 3. Talks about Old Times. 4. Story of our Darling Nellie. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co.

Our Year; a Child's Book, in Prose and Verse. By the Author of "John Halifax." Illustrated. New York: Harper and Brothers. pp. 297.